Q 01/05

The fifth series of Peaky Blinders opens on 29 October 1929, a date better known as what?

A) Black Monday

B) Black Tuesday

C) Black Thursday

D) Black Friday

Answer · why

B) Black Tuesday

Black Tuesday's Wall Street crash wipes out the Shelby fortune that Michael was managing in America, because he had held on to the shares despite Tomm...

Q 02/05

Which actor played John Shelby in the first four series of Peaky Blinders?

A) Finn Cole

B) Jack Rowan

C) Harry Kirton

D) Joe Cole

Answer · why

D) Joe Cole

Joe Cole played John Shelby from 2013 to 2017; he also told his younger brother Finn about a part in series 2, and the real-life brothers ended up on ...

Q 03/05

Which larger gang, led by a former Peaky Blinder, overtook the real Peaky Blinders around 1920?

A) Sabini gang

B) Elephant and Castle Mob

C) Cheapside Sloggers

D) Birmingham Boys

Answer · why

D) Birmingham Boys

Once the Blinders faded, the London-based Sabinis in turn moved in on the Birmingham Boys and dominated central England's underworld in the 1930s.

Q 04/05

The second series of Peaky Blinders builds to a showdown at which racecourse near London?

A) Cheltenham

B) Ascot

C) Epsom

D) Worcester

Answer · why

C) Epsom

Epsom on Derby Day, 31 May 1922, is where Tommy must shoot a field marshal on Major Campbell's orders while his men burn the licences of a rival's boo...

Q 05/05

In Peaky Blinders, which Birmingham pub do the Shelbys own and use as their base?

A) The Garrison

B) The Golden Lion

C) The King's Head

D) The Red Hand

Answer · why

A) The Garrison

The Garrison is the Shelbys' local and unofficial headquarters; it is bombed at the start of series 2 while the family is at a funeral, then rebuilt a...